Queenslander stabbed while holidaying at NZ seaside community

Jenna Lynch

The location at Waihi Beach, New Zealand, where a Queensland man was stabbed on New Year's Day. Photo: stuff.co.nz

An unprovoked attack on a Queensland man, leaving him with serious stab wounds, has shaken the small seaside town of Waihi Beach in New Zealand.

The 64-year-old man and his wife were staying in a caravan in front of a friend's house when the attack occurred on New Year's Day.

Eastern Waikato Area Commander Dana McDonald said the man and his wife heard a disturbance outside their caravan about 1am, and when they stepped outside to investigate, the man was stabbed in the head and neck.